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TOP BET. Maria Karis del Corro, Mass Communications graduate of Ateneo de Davao University and a former intern of EDGE Davao, is fast emerging as one of the favorites in the search for Mutya ng Davao 2016.

Del Corro regaled the crowd during the pre-pageant night at Abreeza mall activity center on Wednesday night. Del Corro advanced to the final round after chosen as one of the 15 finalists. Lean Daval Jr.

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ROUND 400 private-practicing members of the medical community in Davao City came out yesterday to publicly declare their support for presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte.

Also supporting the doctors are pharmacists, nurses, medical technologists, and medical representatives.

The group, which calls itself Duterte got Doctors Support (DDS), held a motorcade around the city’s main streets.

The group said it believes Duterte’s programs on public welfare and public health show his vision and capability as a leader and public servant.

“Beyond the tough stance, his cussings and

indignant rhetorics, we see a man who only has the welfare of his constituents in mind and whose only interest is to serve the interest of the public,” DDS said in statement.

In a press conference, former Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said she was thankful that the doctors and medical professionals voluntarily threw their full support for her father.

“First, thank you for joining the movement for real change and for your support for the presidential bid of Mayor Rody,” she said.

Offers of support, she said, have made it easier for her father’s campaign.

“Thank you for coming out on your

own to publicly declare your support for the presidential bid of Mayor Rody,” Sara said.

“We need this, especially that the campaign of Digong has limited resources.”

Dr. Bernard Chiew, a cardiologist, said they will volunteer their resources to campaign for Duterte.

The group said its support was latched on Duterte’s programs that promote good public health.

They cited the Anti-Smoking Ordinance, the Firecracker Ban, Ban on Aerial Spraying of banana farms, Liquor Ban, the establishment of the Emergency Central 911, the Davao City Treatment and Rehabilitation Center For Drug Depen-

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DOCS FOR DUTERTE. Former Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio joins doctors and other health care professionals who are members of Doctors si Duterte ang Sandigan (DDS) in their public declaration of support for the candidacy of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Group wants debate among candidates in Maguindanao

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ALLS hold a debate among candidates in Maguindanao have received favorable responses from leading politicians in the province and in this city.

The Alliance of Lumad Iranun and Maguindanaons (ALIM), which broached the idea of a debate, said it would lead to a mature political campaign.

Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu said he welcomes the idea, as it will give young voters an opportunity to know the candidates better.

He said that while many young people are into social media, debate is a good avenue to showcase the views of those vying for public office.

Cotabato City and First District Rep. Bai Sandra Sema

said she too favors the idea since Maguindanao politics has been marred with violence and controversies of cheating.

She, however, said the debate must not become a venue for mudslinging.

ALIM, chaired by Vice Gov. Datu Lester Sinsuat met this week in Cotabato City to renew vows of commitment to the goal of the league and introduce new members.

Maguindanao deputy governor Datu Ramil Bayam Dilangalen said the alliance wanted to push a peaceful election by adhering to election laws.

He said the group has sworn to the Qur’an to remain loyal to the union’s vision and mission. (Ferdinandh Cabrera/MindaNews)

TESDA to assist displaced OFWs

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N the wake of the political and economic crisis in the Middle East, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said it is prepared to assist returning or displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

“We can provide free competency assessment and certification for repatriated workers who wish to confirm whether they possess the competencies required in a preferred workplace,” TESDA Director General Irene Isaac said.

She said that TESDA can also provide the necessary

technical vocational (tech-voc) training for those who need it, referring to these services as skills retooling.

“We have to see to it that our countrymen end up being more confident with their capabilities than they were before, and are even more qualified to find work,” she said.

These services are provided through one of TESDA’s flagship programs, the Competency Assessment and Certification for Workers (CACW) which, aside from OFWs, is also open to other workers, trainers and Department of

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EDSA is about real change

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HE spirit of the 1986 People Power Revolution is about a revolutionary, real change.

That, in a nutshell, is what defines the EDSA Revolution according to a joint statement

by PDP-Laban standard bearer Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and runningmate Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano as the country celebrated the 30th anniversary of People Power yesterday.

“It has been 30 years since the 1986 People Power Revolution, and today, as we commemorate the momentous restoration of Philippine democracy, we are also reminded of what it was that the Filipino people had fought and died for,” the joint statement said.

The two leaders said that the EDSA Revolution “was not a battle between two political

families.”

Instead, they believe that it was “the battle between a dictatorship mired in corruption and abuse and the Filipino people’s aching desire to restore democracy, order, and the rule of law. The spirit of EDSA lives on, embodied not just by one person, nor a handful of political families. The spirit of EDSA lives on today in each of us, and it binds us together as the Filipino nation.”

Duterte, who had vowed to end criminalities and corruption in government as the major thrusts of his candidacy, said while the spirit of EDSA is still alive in every Filipino, the evils that EDSA sought to end also remains.

“Certainly, the spirit of EDSA lives on in each of us, but so do the problems that

EDSA had sought to end.

Crime, illegal drug trafficking and corruption are some of the social ills that contribute to the people’s daily woes,” he said. “This is precisely why we wage a war against disorder and suffering. In this war, we must remember the lessons of EDSA. It is not enough to elect a competent government. We must ensure the government we elect doesn’t become corrupt and abusive. The leaders we choose to govern us must be leaders who are truly democratic and would stand up against any and all forms of oppression, abuse, and neglect.

As a people, we must exercise vigilance to protect the freedom that we have won many years ago.”

Duterte and Cayetano reminded the people not to for-

get the main message of the People Power which is revolution and real change. The tandem said the battle that culminated in EDSA in 1986 was “only the beginning of our fight for a better nation.”

Duterte and Cayetano were in Cebu yesterday to make an audience with factory workers of the Mactan Export Processing Zone Authority (MEPZA) in their “Ronda-Serye” listening tour in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu, where they also explained their goal of promoting inclusive growth through regional development and federalism.

The tandem promised that ordinary Filipino workers, especially those living outside Metro Manila, can expect better working conditions under their leadership.

sors Inc. (Phaltra) assembly Wednesday afternoon at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. Duterte said that although he will be very hard against criminals, citizens who abide the law have nothing to worry.

“I just want everybody to follow the law,” Duterte was quoted as saying. “But I will be strict and harsh.”

Duterte has vowed to use the powers of the presidency and that he will utilize the police and the military in fighting illegal drugs and criminals.

He, however, assured the

people he will not allow law enforcement agencies to abuse their power.

Speaking at the Phaltra assembly, Duterte reiterated his iron-hand policy against criminality.

“I will not hesitate to order the police to shoot you dead,” came Duterte’s warning to criminals who will refuse arrest or attempt a violent resistance.

Meantime, Duterte and his runningmate Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano said ordinary Filipino workers, especially those living outside

Metro Manila, can expect better working conditions under their leadership.

They made this assurance before factory workers of the Mactan Export Processing Zone Authority (MEPZA) in their “Ronda-Serye” listening tour in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu, where they also explained their goal of promoting inclusive growth through regional development and federalism.

The duo cited workers’ concern over the lack of better employment opportunities for the poor. They then vowed to

Duterte vows no more martial law

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RESIDENTIAL candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte said there will be no repeat of martial law under his administration if he is elected.

“There’s no need for me to do that,” Duterte was said when asked by journalists Wednesday, the eve of the 30th anniversary of People Power.

“All I need is for everybody to follow the law.”

According to Duterte’s camp, the mayor met with 3,000 people who attended the Philippine Association of Local Treasurers and Asses-

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JMC opens College of Law

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PEOPLE POWER. Members of progressive groups stage a march rally to air their grievances against the government in time for the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of EDSA People Power yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

OSE Maria College embarks on another milestone as it opens the College of Law. Approved to operate by the Legal Education Board (ELB) in January 2016, the JMC-College Of Law is the third law school established in Davao City and is now accepting students for the AY 2016-2017.

With the establishment of the law school, JMC envisions producing the best practitioners in the legal profession who will become advocates of peace and equal opportunities for all.

The Bachelor of Laws offers courses that will equip students in the various facets of the law profession. The program also offers Language Enhancement Courses to equip students with excellent communication skills which are essential to the legal practice.

The JMC College of Law is well-equipped with world class facilities and highly qual-

Pastor AC Quiboloy ified faculty, has established linkages and the best learning ambience that a law student needs. Its curriculum was designed to usher in a new intellectual environment in the country. And just like JMC’s undergraduate programs, the JMC-College Of Law offers the most affordable tuition rates to give law students the best opportunities to complete the program and succeed.

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RADE between the Philippines and Malaysia last year reached $5B in 2015, records of the Malaysian Trade (MATRADE) in Manila showed.

Speaking in Wednesday’s Habi at Kape at the Abreeza Mall, Nyaee Ayup, MATRADE-Manila commissioner said exports from Malaysia to the Philippines remained higher at $3.4 billion, or 68 percent, while the imports were valued at $1.6 billion.

This was slightly lower compared to 2014’s 5.3 billion worth of traded goods, of which $3.7 billion were exports and $1.6 billion were imports.

She added that most of the traded goods are electronic products, construction and

building materials, palm oil, mechanical equipment, appliance, metal, processed food and chemical products.

Ayup said that she wanted to strengthen the trade relationship to benefit the business players of both countries, as she emphasized the need to strengthen the bilateral trade by realizing the strengths of their counterparts.

“We want a two-way trade.

For instance, we buy cacao from the Philippines and then we manufacture final products. Some of your industries are also into manufacturing,” she said.

She explained that Malaysia is mostly a manufacturing-driven economy but they need to import raw materials from neighboring countries

Palace urges youth to nurture 1986 EDSA Revolution’s gains

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ALACAÑANG challenged today’s youth to build on the democracy and freedom Filipinos a generation ago secured from staging the historic 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution against then President Ferdinand Marcos and his one-man rule.

Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. aired such challenge, recalling the road Filipinos during Marcos’ regime and martial law trekked to regain that year the democracy and freedom they longed for.

“The challenge to that generation was to secure democracy and freedom -- the challenge to today’s generation is to nurture and build on these gains,” Ochoa said at the people power revolution’s 30th anniversary celebration on Thursday along Epifanio delos

Santos Avenue or EDSA, Metro Manila’s major artery where the uprising occurred on Feb. 22-25, 1986.

EDSA People Power revolt gained international recognition for being the world’s first bloodless uprising.

Malacanang’s message to the youth echoed the theme ‘Pagbabago: Ipinaglaban N’yo, Itutuloy Ko’ which the government chose for the revolution’s 30th anniversary.

According to EDSA People Power Commission Commissioner Emily Abrera, such theme reflects the need for the youth’s involvement in change.

The celebration aims to help further propel the spirit of social transformation, she said.

“We’d like to pass on the torch of social change to the millennial generation -- the

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such as Philippines to manufacture products.

“For example, Mindanao has agricultural produce.

Malaysia also has agricultural produce but we need agricultural products from other countries,” she said.

Ayup highlighted their Halal industry, this being their strength in the Asean Economic Community (AEC) that opens the playing field for all exporters among the 10-Asean member countries by bringing down to zero the tariff rates.

She encouraged Mindanawon investors to do business in Malaysia as she pointed out that Malaysia is “an investor-friendly” country.

She acknowledged that the problem of connectivity

needs to be addressed as there is no direct air or shipping route between Malaysia and Mindanao at present.

Ayup named oil giant Petron Corp. and Universal Robina Corporation (URC) as two Filipino companies already operating in Malaysia.

The MATRADE official said that they are encouraging investors from their country to invest in Mindanao, particularly on agriculture, information and communication technology (ICT), and manufacturing.

What Malaysian investors look for in an investment destination are good government policies, right partners, facilities, cost of production, and the ease of securing licenses, she said.

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OST-GRADUATE students are not covered by the 20-percent student fare discount, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) reminded Thursday as it urged commuters to follow public transport fare rules.

LTFRB board member Atty. Ariel Inton made the statement after a squabble between a student and conductor over student fare discount came out in the news earlier this week.

The bus conduct identified as Edel Barcoso argued that he could not give the 28-year-old student (the LTFRB refused to disclose her name) a fare discount since she was not in uniform and did not have her identification card with her.

Though the current Memorandum Circular (MC)on student fare discount does not

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require the presentation of identification, Inton said that a student passenger should still have proof of enrolment such as a registration form. With this, out-of-school youths are not entitled to the discount.

LTFRB said that its guidelines for student fare discount does not cover post-graduate students namely those taking up medicine, law, Master’s or Doctorate degrees.

Inton, however, admitted that there is a need for the Board to review its MC on student fare discount.

“Student fare discount is not a law. It is only a Memorandum Circular under the LTFRB not mandated by the law like discounts for senior citizens and PWDs (persons with disabilities),” Inton said.

To recall, Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara earlier filed

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FIRE DAMAGE. One of the students living at the dormitory inside the UCCP Haran compound which was hit by fire the other day checks her damaged mobile phones and laptop. Lean Daval Jr.

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Halal to be integrated in tourism courses

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SIMPLE JOY. Three boys have fun riding their carabao-drawn sled in Songco, Lantapan, Bukidnon. MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno

Consumers told not to buy LPG-refilled butane canisters

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HE Department of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reminds the general public, particularly those who are using butane stoves, on the danger of using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-refilled butane canisters for household consumption.

The agency pointed out

that butane canisters are used only once and must never be refilled since use of refilled butane canister may cause accidents such as explosion and fire.

DTI-Davao Regional Director Maria Belenda Q. Ambi emphasized that “only welded steel cylinders are covered with Philippine National

Standard for gas containers designed for storage, transport and distribution of LPG for domestic consumption.”

It can be noted that the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Department Circular DC2014-01-0001 covers the rules and regulations of LPG industry including refiners, importers, re-fillers,

marketers, and even haulers.

The said mandate states that illegal or “backyard refilling” of butane canisters is strictly prohibited under the department’s rules and regulations.

Considering such, Ambi encouraged everyone to report any information relative to “backyard refilling” to the

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TAKEHOLDERS of the Mindanao tourism industry are eyeing to integrate halal practices in the curriculum of tourism-related courses offered by universities and colleges in the island.

Marilou W. Ampuan, chair of the Halal committee of the Philippine Tourism Congress and founder of Mindanao Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (MICC), said members of the academe will meet at The Apo View Hotel on March 1 to 3 for the Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines (BIMP) International halal Congress.

“The academe has a huge role in the development of the halal industry in Mindanao,” Ampuan said during this week’s edition of Wednesdays at Habi at Kape sa Abreeza.

Ampuan said it is important for the academe to step up its intervention for the development of the halal industry because it produces the necessary labor force that will serve in the business establishments.

The University of Southern Mindanao (USM) along with the Department of Tour-

ism, Department of Agriculture, and Mindanao Development Authority organized the three-day congress which will provide a platform to discuss the feasibility of integrating the halal program in school curricula.

“There is a misconception that halal is just about food. It is about daily life practices. It is a culture,” Ampuan said.

Ampuan said Mindanao has a huge potential for drawing more Muslim tourists from Islamic countries, but the low number halal-accredited establishments here limits the industry from growing.

“We need more halal-friendly establishments which Muslim tourists can avail themselves of during their stay here,” she added.

To start with, about 10 establishments in Davao City are targeted to be accredited

by Crescent Rating in a bid to put the Philippines as one of the destinations of Muslim tourists and have a sizeable slice in the US$ 3.2 trillion halal global industry.

The establishments agreed to apply halal practices in their production and services.

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Direct Davao-KL flights pushed

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ALAYSIAN trade commissioner Nyaee Ayup encouraged the development of a direct air link between Mindanao and Kuala Lumpur to strengthen trade and commerce between the two areas.

Ayup said trade and commerce between the two is limited because of the absence of direct flights She said the route could be between Davao-Kuala Lumpur.

“This could be possible under the BIMP-EAGA ini-

tiatives which include improvement of connectivity between key cities,” Ayup told reporters in this week’s edition of Wednesdays sa Habi at Kape in Abreeza Mall.

BIMP-EAGA stands for Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area.

The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said in a statement that the economic grouping was formed with the goals of promoting trade, investment, and tourism in

less-developed states and provinces in the ASEAN subgroup.

Ayup said a direct link could also increase Mindanao’s exportation of its agriculture products like cacao and coffee, which could be exported as raw product to Malaysia which is heavily into manufacturing and processing food products.

Ayup said Malaysia and the Philippines may have a lot of fruits in common, but the Philippines has the ca-

pacity to produce commodities that will serve as raw material for the processing of chocolates as well as coffee and cacao powders.

She said being the major source of cacao and coffee for export, Mindanao might already be making its way in the Malaysia market for years now. However, she said there is no existing agreement between local producers and Malaysian importers at present.

“We are open to sealing

a Memorandum of Understanding or contract with any local producer or business chamber here,” she said.

Ayup said the Malaysia market is not particular on whether or not an agricultural commodity like cacao is halal-certified as long as it passes the requirement of the manufacturers.

She also said Mindanao is one of the areas considered by Malaysian investors for their expansion of operation.

However, she said there is still no solid interest among Malaysian investors who have expressed interest in locating in Mindanao.

“There’s a lot of consideration before businessmen can locate here, like enabling policies concerning investment as well as the presence of infrastructure like roads, ports,” she said.

The high cost of production here as well as the unreliable power also drives away Malaysian investors, she said.

Delima said the DCWD filed a complaint against the Helpmate before the NWRB on October 15 last year for violation of the Water Code of the Philippines which states “no person shall divert or appropriate water from any public water source such as rivers, creeks, spring, lakes or groundwater or seawater without first securing a water permit from NWRB.” He said the complaint was for premature exploration, development, and operations as a water utility.

He said Helpmate started the installation an infiltration gallery in the river bank in August last year without an

NWRB permit and an environment compliance certificate.

“They (Helpmate) are doing the business without necessary permits like certificate of public convenience and water permit,” he said.

Delima said Helpmate only applied for a water permit in NWRB in December last year.

He said the DCWD will be using this as evidence for the case against the private water concessionaire, which he said planned to tap Davao River as source of potable water.

Based on earlier reports, the private water company laid pipelines in areas where

there are existing DCWD lines, adding most of these were installed on top of DCWD’s pipelines without coordination.

“This will be a major concern later on during maintenance and repair of DCWD pipelines. If there is a leak, it will be hard to determine which pipe is leaking,” Delima said.

He said in one instance in October last year, a cement mixer truck got stuck in an excavated area in Tigatto and people blamed DCWD for reckless excavation. “People mistakenly thought the pipes were ours,” he added. CHENEEN R. CAPON with reports from Armando Fenequito Jr.

PHL banks to benefit anew DCWD to pursue case vs Helpmate, Inc. from strong economy: S&P

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HE Resiliency of the Philippine economy is seen to be extended again to its banking industry this year.

Citing its report entitled “The Philippines’ Supportive Economy Underpins a Stable Outlook for its Banking Sector in 2016”, released on Feb. 23, 2016, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) said domestic financial institutions were seen to greatly benefit from the robust economic expansion.

S&P analyst Ivan Tan, in a statement, said the country’s economy “will likely continue to drive expansion in domestic credit at about 2x-3x GDP

(gross domestic product) growth.”

“We forecast eight to 12 percent loan growth for the Philippines for 2015 and 2016, which is slower than in 2014 but remains high by regional standards,” he said.

Bank lending in the Philippines reached over 20 percent in recent years due to rising demand of the rising economy.

However, it has since normalized with the December 2015 level rising by 13.1 percent, net of placements in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) reverse repurchase

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HE Davao City Water District (DCWD) will pursue the case against Cebu-based water concessionaire Helpmate, Inc. before the National Water Regulatory Board (NWRB) for the latter’s failure to secure the necessary permits for its operation.

“We have already attended preliminary conference in Manila where evidence were presented,” DCWD spokesperson lawyer Bernardo Delima told reporters during the weekly edition of Wednesdays sa Habi at Kape at Abreeza Mall.

He said the DCWD expects the board to issue the decision on the case next year.

Common Reporting Standards in PHL and its risk implications

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OTENTIAL risks to security can be a major concern as the Philippines takes part in a global automatic exchange of detailed financial information with the implementation of the Common Reporting Standards (CRS) in the country by 2018.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has called for the global implementation of its Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (the Standard).

The Standard addresses automatic disclosure of financial account information between countries and is comprised of detailed rules contained in CSR. The Standard was developed by the OECD as a proactive measure against tax evasion and tax fraud.

It outlines how financial account information of foreign tax residents can be automatically disclosed by financial institutions and governments to relevant authorities to locate untaxed wealth.

“The CRS is a big step towards a globally coordinated approach to the disclo-

sure of financial information from both individuals and organization. As a measure to counter tax evasion, it builds upon other information-sharing legislation,” said Dr. Juerg Steffen, Managing Partner of Henley & Partners Singapore office, in a media briefing held in Makati City on Wednesday.

Henley & Partners is a global leader in residence and citizenship planning.

Steffen noted that if governments begin to exchange information of income earned by individuals, then this could threaten the security of wealthy individuals and families, especially those in developing countries since there is a risk of this information becoming available to the wrong sources.

For his part, Zac Lucas, Partner at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co., has allayed fears of personal risks involved with this global automatic exchange.

Lucas noted that there is a regional perception within the ASEAN, particularly in the Philippines and Indonesia, that if financial account data comes back to the country, it becomes

widely disseminated. Worse is, valuable data is being sold to third parties and becomes available to the wrong sources.

However, he refuted this claim by citing an OECD peer review in the Philippines in 2014.

The review specifically looked at whether or not there have been any incidences of the Philippine tax authority releasing data that they have received from third party sources. Based on the results, Lucas said that “they have found not one instance of that in the Philippines.”

“There is a public perception that there is a great deal of personal risk and there is actual reality of it never really happening before,” Lucas added.

However, if investors, mobile entrepreneurs, and wealthy families still have security concerns regarding a possible exchange of information with their home country, Steffen suggested an option to consider moving to a country where the overall situation is more favorable with regard to security, tax, lifestyle, and education. (PNA)

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EDITORIAL Give meaning to People Power

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OR those who lived through the four days of EDSA People Power in 1986, the events of that fateful period in the country’s history are as fresh as if they happened yesterday. Something of that magnitude is not easy to forget, and the EDSA heroes, as they should properly be called, are forgiven for waxing nostalgic each time February comes around. Facing down soldiers, tanks, and even helicopters, not knowing if they will shoot or join the rebellion — these are the kinds of memories that live on in their hears. And they will keep telling their stories so that the younger generations will know what kind of struggle they went through just to win back democracy for the country.

Which is why for many EDSA heroes, it is hard to accept that the country in general seems to have forgotten the dark days under martial rule and the heroism of countless people who dared stand up to the dictator. Indeed, just a few years after EDSA 1986, many of the same people who had taken part in robbing the country were back in power. While that may be a necessary consequence of having a democracy in which the rights of each one — even those accused of various offenses — are respected, government should have

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at least made sure that the cases against these people prospered so that they would be made to pay for their sins to the people.

As it was, the institutions that were supposed to protect the people were not strengthened, so much so that they became easy prey to the manipulation and machinations of corrupt officials. One prime example is the anti-dynasty law, which the framers of the 1987 Constitution had included in order to prevent families from wielding too much power — as the Marcoses had done. But three decades hence, Congress still has not crafted an enabling law, rendering the constitutional provision useless. And because that is so, we still see families lording it over the rest of us, building their power and wealth in an undending cycle.

The thousands of EDSA heroes thus ask: What did we struggle for 30 years ago? Things are more or less the same as they were.

We failed to harness People Power so that it would actually benefit the people. Thirty years have passed and we have not pushed our country beyond the traditional politics that have imprisoned us. It is time for the new generation to rise and give meaning to People Power.

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“Walkout kapag alam mong sinasaktan ka na at wala nang patutunguhan ang relasyon niyo. Walkout kapag ikaw na lang ang laban ng laban. Walkout kapag mukha ka nang tanga.”

— Marcelo Santos III in Para sa Broken Hearted

*** ECENTLY, I was alone at home and there was nothing to do. So I decided to read an essay titled “Closing the Cycle,” penned by Paulo Coelho. The piece was moving and very apt. And so I tried to do a research on its author.

This was what I found out. A Brazilian lyricist and novelist, Coelho is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. The Alchemist, his most famous novel, has been translated into 80 languages.

Now, going back to the essay, which was long. There were some paragraphs that caught my attention. Here are some: “You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened. You can tell yourself you won’t take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that. But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone will be finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill.

“Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away. That is why it is so im-

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Letting go portant (however painful it may be!) THINK ON THESE! to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home. Everything in this visible world is a man- Henrylito D. Tacio ifestation of the henrytacio@gmail.com invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts – and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place.

“Let things go. Release them. Detach yourself from them. Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood. Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else.”

We always hear someone telling us: “Never give up.” But there are instances that you also have to give up — in order to move on to the next chapter of your life. Deborah Reber, writing for Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, explained: “Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”

American author Shannon L. Alder pointed out that there is a difference between saying goodbye and letting go. “Goodbye is not permanent,” she wrote. “You can meet years later as old friends and share what happened in your life. You can smile and laugh about all the nonsense that you both went through.”

Letting go is different; it is totally releasing a person out from your life. “Letting go is being okay with never seeing this person ever again…being okay with never knowing how their life turned out…being okay with fifty or more years of silence… being okay with running into that person at a grocery store and having them not acknowledge your presence.

This is the part of life that doesn’t sit well with me and never will. It tears my heart in pieces, robs me of gratitude, drains me of anything positive and eats at the faith that holds on. It goes against kindness.”

“Please release me, let me go,” goes a line a popular song. In A Voice in the Distance, Tabitha Suzuma wrote: “They say when you really love someone, you should be willing to set them free. So that is what I am doing. I will step back and you will move on. I will let you go. … Your happiness means everything to me. I will listen for your voice in the distance. I will look at the moon. I will keep you in my pocket. I will carry your smile with me everywhere, like a warm and comforting glow.”

Multi-awarded author Stephen King, in Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons, pointed this out, too: “Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their

songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”

Now, remember that Hollywood movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Set largely in 1938, Indiana (Harrison Ford reprising his role which made him famous) searches for his father (played superbly by amiable Sean Connery), a Holy Grail scholar, who has been kidnapped by Nazis.

Laurie Beth Jones, a bestselling author, wrote this very interesting thought: “After many adventures and heartaches, Indiana is finally at the precipice — about to grasp the very item he and his father have been searching for. And yet, so precarious is his position on the cliff that his father realizes if Indiana retrieves the grail, he will lose his balance and fall into the pit below.

“As Indiana is about to lift up the prize, his father whispers, ‘Let it go.’ There is a long pause, and you can see the anguish in Indiana’s face. Have they come all this way for nothing?

Can’t he finally grasp the treasure they’ve been searching for? Can’t he finally make his father proud of him? Another second passes, and his father takes his arm and says more firmly, ‘Indiana, let it go.’”

Terry Pratchett said it right: “There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.”

the look of it, only the economic elite have actually the opportunity to participate and have the biggest chance to win elective positions in government.

The political race naturally spawns fund raising activities from various sources and in different forms the dire consequences of which may subvert and frustrate the national will.

Politicians dip their fingers into sources of funds other than from their own pockets.

For incumbents, funds may come from the coffers of the government through the like of the notorious fertilizer anomaly in the past and through pork barrels and over-priced and sub-standard public infra projects that materialize few months before the elections season.

Contributions to the campaign kitty may also be solicited from big business, lobbyists, gambling and drug lords, miners, and from big-time smugglers. It is also no accident that a year or so before and during elections, bank robberies, carnappings, kidnappings and other criminal fundraising activities become very pronounced in different parts of the country.

Our kind of political election evidently does not serve the purpose for which it is undertaken, that is, to produce democratic and

socially responsive leaders and lawmakers to steer the sustainable development of the country. Instead, it has become the mother of all corruptions that prostitutes our morals and values. It has become a nasty business where people trade their souls for some economic incentives. Decision makings are thus compromised and governance is sacrificed in the altar of payback development.

Sadly, the citizens have lost the moral ascendancy to criticize or demand anything from the government because they are, in the first place, greatly responsible in putting the wrong people there.

So long as corruption is embedded in our electoral process, our government will remain inefficient and ineffective in the delivery of public services. Consequently, the people will remain marginalized and dehumanized. And the cycle of poverty and corruption goes on and on to eternity.

Indeed, we badly need a new system and processes in the choice of our leaders to make our democracy more rational and functional, effective and meaningful.

(MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. William R. Adan is retired professor and former chancellor of Mindanao State University at Naawan, Misamis Oiental.?

Elections, corruption, and poverty

O aspire for an elective post in this country is to plunge into a very expensive enterprise. The higher the position sought the greater is the expense to incur.

So much money is needed to run and, much more, to win a campaign.

In its study of the 2004 and 2007 elections, Pera’t Pulitika (PAP) came out with the following estimates of the campaign expenses for the major electoral posts in the land, namely: Presidential campaign, 2.5B to 5B pesos; senatorial campaign, P150M to P500M pesos; congressional campaign, P3M to P100M pesos; gubernatorial campaign, P5M to P150M; and mayoralty campaign, P1M to P100M. Take note that these ground estimates transcend the campaign spending caps set by law which is P10/registered voter for presidential positions (president and vice president) and P3/registered voter for all the rest of the positions, the total amount of which may differ on the size of each constituency.

In other words, with a voting population of 54M, a presidential aspirant is allowed by law to spend only P540M plus P250M from party contribution (P5/registered voter) or a total of P790M. At P3/registered voter, a senatorial aspirant is only permitted to spend P162M. When on top of the expenses for the regular

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BY WILLIAM R. ADAN campaign sorties and campaign materials is added the budget to buy votes directly and indirectly!, the investment could be staggering.

Now consider, for instance, the actual spending of the presidential aspirants of the 2010 elections as monitored by Pera’t Pulitika: Aquino P12,582,491.90; Estrada, 4,992,168.70; Teodoro, 4,424,562.80; Villar,14,284, 205.33. These figures covered only the expenses for the so-called ground wars, e.g. public meetings, campaign sorties and propaganda materials, When the expense for the air wars – TV and radio promotion is added the total spending would truly be mind-blowing.

Thus it is expected that this year’s (2016) spending will set a new gargantuan record.

Although the regulations on campaign spending are unrealistic and never strictly monitored and controlled by the COMELEC, they have been imposed supposedly to level the playing field for candidates. The fact remains, however, that the cost of running for a political position is very prohibitive. And from

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dents, and the Lingap para sa Mahirap, a program benefiting not only indigent families of Davao City but also neighbouring provinces and towns.

The health professionals also cited the Speed Limit law

that reduced road accidents, the institutionalization of programs for welfare of women and children and the protection of their rights, and the support to children with cancer and the elderly.

end the disorder in people’s lives by providing ordinary workers a living wage so they’ll have enough income for their basic needs.

To promote Cebu’s local economy, Cayetano said they also plan to allot more funds for micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) development, and to create more tourism growth centers in the province. This is apart from transferring some agencies to other regions, like the Department of Tourism and the Department of Fisheries to the province of Cebu.

“Cebu is an example of how regions can move. Through our call for federalism and regional growth, we aim to give more authority to the province to allow it to chart its own destiny and to change Cebuanos’ lives,” Cayetano stressed.

Duterte, for his part, said that if elected, he will put up economic zones in each region to create more jobs in the countryside. Though economic zones are already present

in some parts of the country, he said not all ventures were beneficial to the workers, as some companies often violate the Labor Code by resorting to ‘labor only contracting.’

“Establishing economic zones and attracting investors are part of our platform. But unlike in the past, we will not allow big institutions to deprive our workers of their right to more secure working conditions,” Cayetano said.

The duo said they will ensure regular jobs for Filipinos by phasing out contractualization, which robs workers of additional benefits and prevents them from developing their skill set.

“Bolder solutions and swifter actions are needed to create real change. Magagawa lang ito ng mga lider na may tapang at tibay ng loob para tapusin ang gulo sa buhay ng tao at isulong ang tunay na pagbabago. Ito ang dadalhin namin ni Mayor Duterte sa eleksyong ito,” Cayetano ended.

Education teachers.

Free training is given through the scholarship programs of the agency, such as the Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP), the Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA) and the Special Training for Employment Program (STEP).

TESDA recorded more than 890 returning or displaced OFWs nationwide who were assisted in 2015, mostly through free training.

This year, with an approved budget of more than PHP6.6 billion, TESDA is targeting more than two million graduates and aims to assess about 1.3 million out of these graduates.

Access of OFWs to these TESDA services has now been made even easier through the newly launched Assist WELL (Welfare, Employment, Legal and Livelihood) Centers and e-Assist WELL database system.

Presently, there are 18 centers located nationwide.

The database system are the result of the Department of Labor and Employment’s Assist WELL Program that aims to provide returning OFWs services as free food or accommodation, job placement or referral, competency assessment and certification, business loan assistance, and legal counseling.

TESDA together with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO), Bureau of Local Employment (BLE), Bureau of

Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC), International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB), and Financial Management Service (FMS) will be fielding their respective personnel to the Assist WELL Centers.

The e-Assist WELL is a single data base system for registering returning/repatriated OFWs to facilitate the efficient servicing and monitoring of Assist WELL services provided to them.

At the inauguration of the Assist WELL Center at the PST Hall of the POEA Building in Mandaluyong City last February 5, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz explained that the program is an initiative of the Office of the President to institutionalize the services provided to returning OFWs. “The Assist WELL centers offer a one-stop shop of welfare, employment, legal and livelihood assistance for OFW repatriates,” she said.

Assistance to returning OFWs can start before they enter the country, as the concerned Philippine Overseas Labor Office or Philippine Embassy, through the OWWA, processes their profiles and determines their needs.

Upon their arrival, they will be provided assistance at the airport. OFWs may also approach the nearest Assist WELL Center to avail of the services.

DOLE estimates that around 1.7 million documented OFWs may be displaced in the Middle East. However, it also stated that there are enough positions available locally and in other international markets. (PNA)

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ACCUSATION. PASAKA secretary general Jong Monzon tells reporters yesterday he believes the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was behind the fire that razed two dormitory buildings and several shanties inside the UCCP Haran compound. Lean Daval Jr.

Leni: Neglect in agriculture started in Martial Law

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HE government must put premium on jump-starting the country’s agriculture sector, which has been neglected for the past 50 years, according to Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo.

“Hindi lang tatlumpung taon kundi limampung taon nang nagdurusa ang sektor ng agrikultura, lalo na ang ating magniniyog na hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin natitikman ang bunga ng kanilang paghihirap,” said Robredo.

Robredo said Presidential Decree 27 or the “Tenants’ Emancipation Act” issued by then President Marcos in 1971 failed to improve the agriculture sector and

the lives of farmers in the country.

In addition, Robredo also mentioned the P73-billion coco levy fund, which was supposed to uplift the lives of coconut farmers in the country but benefited only some of Marcos’ cronies.

According to the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS), Robredo said coconut farmers are earning just between P16,842 to P23,000 per year, a far cry from the P61,000 average annual net income of an agricultural household.

The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), for its part, said 41 percent of coconut farmers live below the poverty line

Ayup was in Davao City for the Brunei, Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Strategic Planning Meeting from Tuesday to Friday.

The four-day meeting was attended by more than 200

technical officials and private sector representatives from BIMP-EAGA member countries to determine and facilitate programs, projects, and partnerships that will further the growth within the sub-region. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)

a bill seeking to institutionalize the 20 percent student fare discount in PUVs during Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas vacations and other holidays.

The Board is currently reviewing and revising its MC and expects the revised copy to be finalized by next month.

(PNA)

breed of young innovators, informed netizens, proactive volunteers, social entrepreneurs who today enjoy the gift of freedom and thrive in the democratic space we won back through peoplepower,” she added.

Martial law survivor and former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. noted today’s Filipino youth must treasure such gifts as these were hardearned.

“During martial law, many people suffered torture, death and curtailment of freedom,” he recalled.

Marcos assumed the presidency in 1965 and was reelected in 1969 to the country’s highest post. He declared martial law on Sept. 21, 1972.

“It was government’s constitutional action to defend our democracy from the threat of communist rebellion then,”

said former Senator Francisco Tatad Jr., Marcos’ information chief at the time.

Among the highlights of the people power revolution’s 30th anniversary is the opening of the People Power Experiential Museum which aims helping educate the youth about martial law and the EDSA uprising.

Abrera noted the museum combines elements of theater, cinema, photography and other allied arts to recreate the experience of martial law and Filipinos’ struggle to end this.

Aside from the museum, she said activities government planned for Thursday include EDSA-themed games, contests and other festivities for young people and their elders to enjoy.

“It’s nice to recall what happened 30 years ago,” she added. (PNA)

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while the average income of ordinary farmers is just P240 per day, she added.

“Mas maganda siguro kung balik tayo sa basics. Dapat nating i-analyze kung saan tayo nagkulang dahil marami nang ginastos ang pamahalaan para maiangat ang sektor,” said Robredo.

“Kung mas tutok at mas pinaigting pa natin ang pagbuhos ng productivity-implementing projects sa agrikultura, kung saan nabibilang ang pinakamahirap nating sektor, mas magkakaroon ng opportunities ang mga magsasaka at mangingisda natin ng mas maasahang kabuhayan,” she

added.

In the latest GDP report for 2015, the country’s agriculture sector grew by just 1.9 percent, despite a 5.8-percent growth in the economy last year.

“Kung titingnan natin ang datos, 1.9% lamang ang growth ng agri sector natin. Kulang pa rin sa pagiging inclusive ang pag-angat ng ekomiya natin dahil walang pagkakataon upang makapag-ambag ang mga magsasaka at mangingisda natin dito,” said Robredo.

However, Robredo said the current administration has been able to accomplish so much to improve the agricultural situation in the country. █

dents, the Bachelor of Laws offers two (2) curricula: the five- year program for those who cannot attend classes every day and the four- year curriculum for the non- working students. The five-year curriculum requires students to attend classes from Friday to Sunday.

The JMC College Of Law was conceived from the long held dream of School Founding President Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy to become a law-

yer. However, he was directed to another vocation and became a great international evangelist. For Pastor Quiboloy, he might not be what he dreamed to be, but the establishment of the College of Law is already a fulfillment of his desire to contribute to the legal profession. He believes that producing best lawyers who stand for principle, are ethical and socially responsible is a great contribution to the Philippine society.

nearest fire station in the locality or DOE Mindanao Field Office through telephone number (082) 221-0778.

“With everyone’s concern and vigilance, we can surely help save lives,” she said.

Meanwhile, inquiries can be addressed to DTI-Davao

Region at 4F Mintrade Realty Building, corner Monteverde and Sales Streets, Davao City. They can also be reached through landline number (082) 224-0511, local 417 and 420 (Consumer Protection Services Division).

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(RRP) facility, from year-ago’s 16.8 percent.

The debt rater noted that with the expected strong rise of Philippine banks’ consumer lending, the financials institutions’ asset quality could weaken and credit cost could rise.

The situation is, on the other hand, seen to also strengthen banks’ net interest margins vis-a-vis the increase of the share of higher-yielding consumer loans.

“However, the increase is from a low base, and the impact on margins will likely be

gradual. Moreover, increasing competition and the high costto-income ratio of these banks are likely to limit profitability gains,” the statement said.

S&P also expects domestic interest rates to go up this year, which may prompt banks to book marked-to-market losses on fixed-rate government securities.

“We believe the combination of sound capital and funding profiles is an enduring strength of the Philippine banking system and will continue to underpin bank ratings in 2016,” Tan added. (PNA)

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Davao City:

Martial Law rebel hotbed and ‘killing fields’ (1st of 2 parts)

By Antonio V. Figueroa

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T the height of the communist struggle, which later metamorphosed into an insurgent struggle, Davao City was known by many names, some copycats of rebellious themes from cinema, and the fusion of placenames of unstable regions in order to highlight an actual situation.

Agdao, the heart of insurgency in the city, was christened ‘Nicaragdao’, after Nicaragua which, at the time, was embroiled in a political conflict between the leftist Sandinistas and that country’s ruling elite.

Mandug , a barangay in Buhangin District just 14 kilometers from City Hall, was called “Mandugua.”

As a whole, the city was likened to a ‘killing fields’, taken from a title of a movie about millions of civilians killed by the murderous Khmer Rouge in Cambodia soon after the communists defeated the corrupt regime.

True enough, areas like Buhangin, Talomo, Calinan, Tibungco, and Diversion Road became preferred dumping grounds of “salvaged” individuals suspected as military assets, rebel sympathizers, communist organizers, or mistakenly identified persons.

“Salvage” was another word for summary killing.

This spate of killings would give rise to the ‘Alsa Masa’ (Rise, masses!), an anti-communist movement in Davao City, and the Nagkahiusang Katawhan Alang sa Kalinaw (United People for Peace), in Davao del Sur.

Campus activists There was no shortage of activists in Davao region when martial law was proclaimed.

Names like Zafiro L. Respicio, later OIC-mayor of Davao City; student leader Melqui Perez; and Danilo C. Dayanghirang, now Davao City councilor, were few of the revered names of activism inside the protest-wracked University of Mindanao (UM), all of them figuring in history-making struggles against a dicta-

torship.

But the strongest but silent protests did not happen in the streets; they occurred in sectarian campuses, theological institutions, parishes, countryside chapels, safe houses, congregational domiciles, and religious facilities, and the dissenters came from all walks of life.

This was at time when different ideas fused, from Karl Marx’s ‘The Communist Manifesto’, Fr. Paulo Freire’s ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’, and the influence of theological revolution started to permeate the consciousness of students who, in no time, were drawn to the anti-Marcos sentiment that overnight spread like wild fire, transforming agrarian communities into hotbeds.

The abuses committed under a tyrannical rule produced student leaders who, in later years, would become martyrs of democracy and icons of the underground movement.

Rich family’s scion Davao-born Eduardo “Taking” E. Lanzona, who came from a famous family, was the major wick that transformed the Ateneo de Davao campus, his alma mater, into a center of student protests among Catholic-run educational institutions.

Armed with a graduate diploma from the Ateneo de Manila University, he took delight in discussing philosophical and political issues, a penchant that encouraged him to join stu-

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dent activism and the Samahang Demokratiko ng Kabataan (SDK) in Manila.

His influence, though, was beyond debating. As soon as he returned to Davao City, he linked with Ateneo friends and urged them to take the cause of oppressed farmers and pursue the ‘land to the tiller’ struggle.

As a result, as early as 1969, Lanzona became one of the active figures in the fight for real land reform. Later, he helped organize a union of college professors at Ateneo de Davao and a bank employees’ union at the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) in Davao.

Eduardo ‘Taking’ E. Lanzona When martial law was declared, he resigned from his faculty position at Ateneo de Davao and joined the underground movement while surreptitiously moving in and out of the city to link with his family and evading the military sleuths.

As a key leader in the united front organization, his influence further expanded. But this was cut short, on Jan. 17, 1975, when he was arrested with four others by suspected military elements at Nabunturan, Compostela Valley Province.

They were tortured and later executed.

Disappeared Reared in the confines of Davao Penal Colony where his father was a former prison official, Modesto C. Sison was a teacher at Maryknoll High School, in Sigaboy, Davao Oriental, when he joined the Khi-Rho, a UP Los Baños movement of young people concerned with peasant causes that was then new in Mindanao. Khi-Rho was said to be the youth branch of the Federation of Free Farmers, which like the Federation of Free Workers, was supported by the Catholic Church at the time.

Later, as his advocacies flourished, he became the organization’s Mindanao coordina-

Teacher Modesto C. Sison

tor, organizing farmers to join protests in the years leading to the proclamation of martial law.

Four years later, he and his family moved to Silang, Cavite, where he again taught.

On the side, he continued his political work by organizing chapters of Khi Rho in Southern Luzon with an aim to bring down the dictatorship. He later left his job to become fulltime organizer.

Sison’s disappearance in late July 1977 alarmed his wife when he failed to attend his son’s birthday, prompting a frantic search in military camps and places he frequented. Later, reports came in to confirm that Sison was arrested in Makati, along with several activists.

Weeks after his disappearance, a newspaper reported an encounter between government troops and guerrillas of the New People’s Army (NPA), in Quezon province. One of those killed was Modesto.

His remains were later exhumed from a mass graveyard at Mauban, Quezon on Sept. 28, 1977 and were buried at the Loyola Memorial Park in Sucat, Parañaque.

dictatorship, the military raided his residence at Talomo in 1973, and the following day was searched for supposed hidden arsenal of guns in his house, which the authorities failed to find.

He joined politics in 1978 as sectoral representative of the Industrial Sector in the Interim Batasan Pambansa, but his bid failed. He became active in the international labor movement but this cost him his health. On June 9, 1979, while on a visit to his daughter in Cebu, he suffered a severe stroke at the tarmac. His remains are at the Davao Memorial Park.

Farmer’s son Davao-born Alfredo L. Malicay conducted his anti-Marcos activities mainly outside his hometown, but his assassination by military operatives would fuel the enlistment of his three brothers in the insurgency movement in Southern Mindanao.

A scholar, poet, and editor-in-chief while enrolled at the UP College of Agriculture in Los Baños, Laguna, his first involvement as an activist was with the Kabataang Makabayan (KM), where he became one of its organizers. Later, he became a member and officer of the Upsilon Sigma Phi, a fraternity with nationalistic and progressive leanings.

Malibay’s area of recruitment covered key schools in Southern Tagalog and in communities around the campus; he also worked with SDK figures in launching campus campaigns urging students to get involved in issues of academic freedom, high tuition fees, and lack of student participation in campus decision-making.

Instead of finding work after graduation, Malicay beLabor leader Rudolfo A. Fernandez, Sr. came a full-time organizer. He returned to school in 1972 but Feisty labor leader this was cut short by military A staunch anti-Marcos rule, which made him the bealabor unionist, Cebu-born con of small anti-dictatorship Rudolfo A. Fernandez, Sr. groups determined to launch (1927–1979), who dreamed fight and topple the dictatorof becoming a boxer, was ship. founder of Davao Port General In mid-1973, as the series & Transport Workers’ Union of arrests poised against the (DPGTWU) in Davao City and activists intensified, the intelco-founder of Trade Union ligence teams cornered him Congress of the Philippines in a safe house where he met (TUCP) and Kilusang Mayo colleagues in Malabon, Rizal.

Uno (KMU).

Three were arrested during the After leaving his studies raid, including beauty queen in Cebu, he migrated to Davao Nelia Sancho. He was later shot City where he worked in a and killed. stevedoring business with his brother, and pursued law at the International Harvardian University (IHU). He worked as stenographer, labor organizer, Philippine Labor Express columnist, radio reporter, and private secretary before quitting college due to a growing family.

While immersed deeper in the labor movement, his name also started to gain currency among unions. At DPGTWU, he pursued the mission of “stamping out all forms of oppression against local workers and educate them of their Atty. Laurente Ilagan basic legal rights and on organized labor.”

Fearless defender Due to his hardhitting Laurente C. Ilagan is best criticisms against the Marcos remembered as one of the pro-

gressive lawyers from Davao City to courageously confront the Marcos dictatorship at its height.

At the top of his Ateneo de Davao law class, Larry was an excellent corporate lawyer married to Rep. Luz Ilagan of Gabriela party-list, when he was drawn to the realities of activism.

When President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law, he was barely a few months in his law practice.

But the crackdown against activists, which led to him being asked as pro bono legal counsel, changed his life. At the risk of his family, life and career, he became the only lawyer in Davao City to bravely face the dictatorship in courts.

In 1975, he became the legal counsel of Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) in Davao City and was associated with the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG),

Atty. Antonio Arellano today giving him the exposure that would expand his growing body of human rights work.

Ilagan handled cases of bombing victims and put on trial military men. On the side, he showed young lawyers that it was still possible to give good and intelligent counsel to people working for justice and other political issues. His reputation as a fearless lawyer soared.

At the tail-end of martial rule, he was arrested in a coffee shop on May 5, 1985 and brought to Camp Catitipan for his involvement in the Welgang Bayan, which was held four days earlier. The protest action paralyzed economic activities in the city and other parts of Mindanao.

That same day, two other lawyers, Antonio Arellano and Marcos Risonar, both colleagues, were arrested and the three were flown to Camp Bicutan, in Manila, where they were incarcerated for months.

They were returned to Camp Catitipan in January 1986 with an escape plan in mind. But the People Power revolt, which led to Marcos’ downfall, negated the plan.

Ilagan briefly served a Davao City legal officer in 2001 but was diagnosed of lung cancer. One of his undying legacy is the Ilagan Doctrine, a legal principle named after him.

(A separate story about the “Davao 3” lawyers is found in another page of this supplement. - The editors) (To be continued)

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THE PHILIPPINES’ LARGEST CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL was held last February 18 to 21 at the Link carpark in Makati City and as luck may have it, I was in the area so I decided to visit and breathe in some much needed culture and inspiration.

One of the highlights of Arts Month, Art Fair Philippines is a must see in the February arts calendar. Composed of 40 galleries in over 6,000 square meters of space, the fourth iteration of Art Fair Philippines is bigger than ever and puts the spotlight on the country’s contemporary art scene with some old favourites, new faces as well as surprises in every bend.

Aside from Manila’s established art galleries such as Altro Mondo, Arte Contemporanea, West Gallery, MO_Space, Crucible Gallery, Pinto

Art Gallery, Finale Art File, Silverlens, Vinyl on Vinyl, and more, art galleries from Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan also joined the exhibition giving art buffs a wider range

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Me in front of one of Mark Justiniani’s infinity pieces.

Nona Garcia’s giant photorealistic Sea of Clouds.

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Local artists showcase their heARTworks at Abreeza Mall

LOVE IS IN THE AIR all month long at Abreeza Mall, as heart-inspired works by Davao’s young artistic talents keep the spirit of Valentine’s flowing throughout February.

On February 20, Fine Arts students from the University of Mindanao gathered at the mall entrance near Starbucks to bring to life a plain, gigantic heart installation with their own interpretation of love: a man and a woman with a child nestled between them, both holding waling-waling blooms.

To describe their concept, the students stated: “Love is an abstract emotion that comes in many forms. Love for your family, your friends, your soulmate, your children. Love for our country, our natural resources, our cultural heritage, our city…

Davao City: Love Is Here.”

Making the live art session an even bigger painting party was a group of young Davao artists who also came up with their own heartworks on canvas; namely, Kevin Marie Becira, Clyde Jason Laudato, Patricia Lauren Velez, Troy Bascon, Ramcez Arvic Villegas, Kim Vale, Jan Francis Raniel Jimenez, Juliana Hellmuth, and Paul Labang. Their works are also on showcase near the giant heart installation.

Abreeza Mall’s live heart painting spectacle is part of Ayala Malls’ heART Series project launched on February 12, which sees similar heart installations in Ayala Malls nationwide painted over by various

Fine Arts students of the Adventist University of the Philippines for Solenad, Serin and The District Imus.

Abreeza Mall encourages shoppers to take a selfie at the heart installation near Starbucks for a chance to win Seda Abreeza Hotel prizes. Just post your selfie on Instagram, share what you love about Abreeza Mall in the caption, tag @iloveabreezamall, and use the hashtags #AbreezaMall, #ILoveAyalaMalls, #LovEmExpressions, and #LovEmHearts. The users with the three best entries win an overnight stay, a dinner for two, or a breakfast for two at Seda Abreeza Hotel. The contest runs until March 6.

For inquiries and updates on Abreeza Mall news and events, please visit the Main Concierge at the ground floor or call (082) 321-9332. Stay updated by liking www.facebook.com/AbreezaMall and following @abreezatweets on Twitter and @iloveabreezamall on Instagram.

artists with different artistic styles: Mercedes Olondriz and Alessandra Lanot for Glorietta; Camy Francisco-Cabral for Market! Market!; The GooglyGooeys for Serendra; Francis Libiran for Greenbelt; Dee Jae Pa’este for Bonifacio High Street; Bambi Manosa and Kids4Kids, Sam Galvez-Lorenzo of Village Art Gallery, and Patrick Cabral of Bucketfeet for Alabang Town Center; Kris Abrigo, Egg Fiasco, and Seikon for TriNoma; Drone for UP Town Center; EXL D for Fairview Terraces; Electrolychee for Marquee Mall; Farley Del Rosario for Harbor Point Mall; and Tripp 63, Chill, BLIC, and

SM’s‘ArtforEveryone’opensinSMLanangPremier SM SUPERMALLS CELEBRATES UP-AND-COMING AND ESTABLISHED FILIPINO ARTISTS in a two-day art fair entitled “Art for Everyone” on February 27 to 28, 2016 at SM Lanang Premier and at 5 other selected malls – SM City North EDSA, SM Megamall, SM Aura, SM Southmall, and SM City Cebu. The event is held in support of National Arts Month on its 25th year since it was first declared via Presidential Proclamation No. 683 in 1991

While SM has been consistently supporting cultural and art events for years now, “Art for Everyone” is being held simultaneously in these six malls for the first time. It features artworks created by artists of various backgrounds, featuring different styles and media.

“Our local artists deserve to be seen more because of the kind of

contribution their masterpieces make to our national culture and history. At the same time, the public can learn from these artists and appreciate good art in malls around the country,” says SM Supermalls Senior Vice President Joaquin San Agustin. “We want to be the conduit that connects our artists to a bigger audience, starting with our regular mall goers.”

The “Art for Everyone” exhibits are in collaboration and consultation with Dr. Patrick Flores and Ms. Louise Marcelino of the University of the Philippines Vargas Museum and Mr. Peter Natividad of the Lopez Museum. The shows are open to the public, with featured art pieces available for purchase during the two-day exhibit.

“The exhibit at SM is another opportunity to broaden the public’s access to contemporary art… It opens another platform for artists to present their recent works in a venue that attracts a large number

of audiences,” notes Dr. Flores.

In SM Lanang Premier, it’s going to be a 3-day “Art for Everyone” at The Atrium as it extends until February 29 in celebration of SM Supermalls’ 30th Anniversary. Philippine Arts Awardee Mr. Rodney Yap will curate a variety of uniquely beautiful art pieces from homegrown talents, namely: Guhit Pinas Davao, Tabula Rasa, Romeo Dumuk, Banjo Satorre, Jeff Bangot, Anoy Catague, Julius Lu, Reneboy Chona, Arnel Navarro, Michael Bauzon, Dave Ibao, Bryan Cabrera, Eloisa Sanson, Lauren Velez, Ava Pajaron, and Kevin Becira.

The public is invited to visit the exhibit and catch the 30-minute live art session of ten participating artists on February 29 as a tribute to 30 amazing years of shopping and lifestyle in SM. For more details, contact 2850943 or check out SM Lanang Premier on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Time to stock up and save! Dash off to the SM Babies’ BABY SALE and grab those comfy layettes and trendy outfits for your tiny ones at a very affordable prices. Great finds and freebies await you at the Infants’ Wear Department of The SM Store nationwide from March 1 to April 3.

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Fall in love with SKY’s romantic offerings VALENTINES DAY may be over but love continues to linger in the air this February.

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A Second Chance features the continuing love story of Popoy and Basha which takes off from the original movie, One More Chance.

This time, the couple gets married and vows to love each other forever. However, the realities of married life doesn’t come in a bed of roses for both Popoy and Basha as they struggle to keep their marriage from falling apart. A Second Chance is directed by Cathy Garcia Molina and stars John Lloyd Cruz as Popoy and Bea Alonzo as Basha. The film became a box office success and was released in various countries worldwide.

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She is in a relationship with Tristan Montelibano (Gerald Anderson), who is a laid-back

haciendero from Bacolod.

While the latter was in a coma, she falls in love with Ethan Joseph Alfaro (Enrique Gil), an ambition-driven TV executive from Manila. Audrey finds herself in the midst of making a tough decision: to love the man of her dreams or choosing the man who makes her dreams come true.

Experience forever in Everyday I Love You and subscribe within February 15 to 27 to enjoy 3-day unlimited viewing in High Definition right in the comforts of home for only P199. Watch it in high definition on Channel 702 and standard definition on Channel 22.

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Pokwang,Melaiteamuptoshowbeauty offriendshipin‘WeWillSurvive’ COMEDIENNES P O K W A N G AND MELAI CANTIVEROS will team up for the first time to show viewers the beauty of life and friendship in ABS-CBN’s newest primetime teleserye “We Will Survive,” which starts airing on Monday.

Pokwang and Melai will portray two childhood friends who grew up in Bicol who, despite having different personalities, are brought together by life’s unfair certainties and painful experiences.

It will be produced by the team behind feelgood dramas “Be Careful With My Heart,” “Dream Dad,” and “Ningning” – all helmed by veteran director Jeffrey Jeturian.

“That’s how life is, right? No matter what we go through, whatever tragedy we

face, we Filipinos will survive,” said Pokwang.

“Viewers need to watch this because it’s a unique offering on primetime. They will get inspiration and good vibes from the program,” pahayag ni Melai.

Get to know Wilma (Pokwang), a reserved beauty salon worker and the breadwinner of her family. She faces one of the biggest challenges in her life when her boyfriend leaves her

because she is not yet ready to commit to marriage because of her family.

Meanwhile, Maricel (Melai) is a bubbly and charming manager at a hotel who lost her parents at an early age and was raised by her grandmother. She experiences her first heartbreak when she finds out that her first boyfriend is gay.

But together, they will support each other and recover from their

personal disasters.

What other challenges will test Wilma and Maricel’s friendship?

Amidst all of these, will they still be able to firmly tell each other “we will survive”?

Also joining Pokwang and Melai in “We Will Survive” are Josh De Guzman, Carlo Aquino, Jeric Raval, Bea Saw, Regine Angeles, Viveika Ravanes, Bing Davao, Alcris Galura, Maris Racal, Joshua Zamora, McCoy De Leon, and Vangie Labalan.

Don’t miss the premiere of “We Will Survive,” the teleserye that however ugly the world gets, there is beauty in life as long as we are together, this Monday (Feb 29) before “TV Patrol” on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida. For updates, like w w w.facebook .com/ WeWillSurviveTV or follow @wewillsurviveTV on Twitter and Instagram.

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ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE Gerald Anderson, Arci Muňoz

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DEADPOOL / *THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin/ *Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto R16/*R13

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E.J Cabangon’s Betty Boop.

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of works to appreciate and enjoy.

Aside from the usual art fair visitors who are there to look for the next big thing, the event also allows various people such as artists, curators, academics, dealers, socialites, tourists, families, and students to come together in an interesting mix of people that is reflective of the country’s “general public.”

Although one can see the occasional master such as modernist Arturo Luz,

impressionist Betsy Westendorp, and sculptor Ramon Orlina, the fair is all about exposing as well as finding new talents to the art hungry public. Artsist such as Mark Justiniani with his installations of never-ending tunnels and Nona Garcia’s giant photorealistic Sea of Clouds are huge crowd drawers.

Some interactive installations are less obvious but are also interesting nonetheless such as Pam Yam Santos piece which invites you to kick off your shoes

Young visitors check out a wall of artworks at the Art Fair Philippines. and step into the installation itself.

Aside from the galleries, there are also ArtTalks with topics as diverse as Art Insurance, Under-

standing Installation Art Materials, Curating Corporate Collections, and Photography Today. There are also tours that went beyond the Link which

Felix Bacolor teases the viewer with images and sculptures of pigs.

Pam Yam Santos‘ installation invites you to kick off your shoes and step into the artwork itself.

Admiring an installation made entirely of pencils by Ling Quisumbing Ramilo.

takes participants to the National Museum of the Philippines, UP Vargas Museum, Ateneo Art Gallery, Lopez Museum and Library, and the Ayala

Museum.

Art Fair Philippines did live up to its hype and I would suggest that you plan ahead for next year’s iteration.

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ALMOST UNSTOPPABLE. Alyssa Valdez (2) of Ateneo de Manila University delivers another point for the Lady Spikers over the outstretched arms of Adamson’s defensive line in this bit of action in the ongoing UAAP Volleyball tournament. Valdez led Ateneo to a league-leading 5-0 start this season.

Jr. NBA, WNBA goes to Davao

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HE second Regional Selection Camp of the Jr. NBA/ Jr. WNBA Philippines 2015 moves to Davao City this weekend after it took off in Baguio on February 20 and 21.

The Jr. NBA /Jr. WNBA program, now on its ninth consecutive staging in the Philippines, will reach more than 700 schools and communities nationwide this year.

During the 2015-16 season, the Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA program will reach more than 6.5 million youth in 32 countries. More than 26,000 players and 2,000 coaches have participated in the program since its launch in 2007.

The program has four stages: skills clinics in schools and communities, Regional Selection Camps, a National Training Camp and an NBA experience trip.

The skills clinics are held nationwide from January to April in Bukidnon, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Dagupan, Davao, Iloilo, Met-

ro Manila and Puerto Princesa, and for the first time in Batangas, Catanduanes and Cavite. Select players from the clinics have the opportunity to showcase their skills and try out for the Regional Selection Camps in Baguio (Feb. 20-21), Davao (Feb. 27-28), Cebu (March 5-6) and Metro Manila (April 9-10).

The top 50 boys and 24 girls from the Regional Selection Camps will advance to the National Training Camp in Manila April 22-24.

An NBA and WNBA player or legend will be in Manila at the National Training Camp to help train and inspire the finalists. The program will select 10 Jr. NBA and five Jr. WNBA All-Stars who will travel on an overseas NBA experience trip together with fellow Jr. NBA All-Stars from Southeast Asia. Past Jr. NBA All-Stars traveled to San Francisco, New York, Beijing, Hongkong, Shanghai, Los Angeles and Shenzhen. █

Canlubang, Luisita rivalry heats up

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EFENDING champion Canlubang and arch rival Luisita renew their storied rivalry at the start of the Philippine Airlines Seniors Interclub golf team championships Thursday at the Mimosa Golf and Country Club.

The two rivals have divided the titles evenly since 2000, each winning eight. This year won’t be an exception.

Tommy Manotoc and Eddie Bagtas, who figured in a tie for the individual title last year in Cebu City, will sit out the first round to be played at the tougher Mountainview layout.

Canlubang is fielding national seniors champion Abraham Avena, Rene Unson, Mari Hechanova and Dave Hernandez.

Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richie Garcia and Pepot Inigo will team up with fresh recruits Jingy Tuason and Chito Laureta for Luisita.

The 19-time champion Luisita made a minor revamp of its lineup by recruiting three new players, an addition not lost on Manotoc.

“They’re young,” exclaimed Manotoc. “Luisita is definitely stronger. If you take a look at our team, we’re older.”

Avena, the national seniors champion, is returning for Canlubang following a car accident last year that prevented him from playing in Cebu.

If Avena plays according to form, Canlubang can match up with Luisita’s first round lineup.

Aside from the championship division, the Founders and Aviator will be played at the Mountainview.

Action in the Sportswriters and Friendship classes gets going at the Acacia and Lakeview.

A total of 94 teams are entered in the 30th staging of the seniors’ event, prelude to the 69th PAL Regular Men’s Interclub next week. █

Lady Eagles make short work of UE T

HE starters had a good workout and the reserves got some much needed exposure as Ateneo made short work of University of the East, 25-12, 25-10, 25-10, on Wednesday for its sixth win in as many matches in the UAAP Season 78 women’s volleyball tournament at The Arena in San Juan.

Jhoana Maraguinot scored 12 and skipper Alyssa Valdez had 10 points as the Lady Eagles needed only 58 minutes to extend their win

run to 24 matches. Ateneo is unbeaten since the Season 76 finals.

The quick win was also a big boost for Ateneo ahead of the much anticipated showdown with top rival La Salle on Saturday.

“Everyone played well today, everyone contributed not only ‘yung nasa first six but coach Tai (Bundit) used ‘yung nasa second stringers,” said Valdez, noting that 10 players were able to score.

Bea de Leon scored eight,

Maddie Madayag had seven points, Jia Morado chipped in with six, Kim Gequillana had four points, while Amy Ahomiro, Jenelle Lo, Pauline and Therese Gaston also scored.

“Every game sino ba namang coach ang sasabihin sayo na to take your opponent lightly, wala naman coach o player ang papasok sa isang game not thinking of the goal of the team,” she added.

Ateneo limited the entire UE squad to just eight attacks.

The Lady Warriors absorbed their sixth loss of the season and 51st overall.

“I hope masaya siya (coach) kasi napaglaro niya ‘yung mga bata to build up confidence also for the team and it’s really a learning experience for everyone,” she said.

“Kasi hindi lang din naman kami ang naglaro, pati ang mga bata, so it’s a learning experience for us kasi kailangan namin ng experience pa sa upcoming games pa, which is sa Saturday,” she added.

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playing unselfish,” said Thompson.

“It is contagious. It is beautiful basketball and fun to watch.”

The Warriors also got 10 points and 11 rebounds from forward Draymond Green.

The Heat were led by guard Dwyane Wade’s 32 points -- his second 30-plus game this season.

The Heat also got 21 points and 13 rebounds from centre Hassan Whiteside and a career-high 15 points from guard Josh Richardson.

The Warriors have now won four straight over the Heat who suffered just their fourth loss in their last 13 and their first since the all-star break.

- Frye sizzles as Cavs burn Hornets Elsewhere, LeBron James rebounded from one of his worst games of the season to score 23 points and Channing Frye came off the bench to score 15 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Charlotte Hornets 114-103.

Splash Brothers cool off Heat

EIGNING league MVP Stephen Curry and guard Klay Thompson combined for 75 points as the Golden State Warriors rallied to beat Miami 118-112 for their 14th win in the last 15 games.

Curry finished with 42 points, seven assists and seven rebounds to lead Golden State’s offensive juggernaut which recently became the quickest team in NBA history to 50 wins.

“That’s Steph and Klay and that’s what they do,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr. “When they both do it on the same night that is when we are tough to beat.”

The Warriors lead the league in three point accuracy and nobody does it better than Curry. He tied an NBA record Wednesday with his 127th straight game with a three-pointer.

The milestone basket came on his first points of the contest in front of a crowd of 19,900 at Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena. Curry can pass Atlanta Hawks forward Kyle Korver for the record with another three pointer when the Warriors visit Orlando on Thursday.

Thompson had a streak of 15 straight Warriors points in the fourth quarter.

“We are moving the ball and

TANGLED UP. Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade and Golden State Warriors' Leandro Barbosa get tangled up during their game at the American Airlines Arena yesterday.

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LINE OF PUTT. Modesto "Ting" Castillo of Rancho Palos Verdes studies his putt at hole no. 15 in Day 1 of the PAL Interclub Seniors golf tournament at the Mimosa Golf and Country Club in Clark, Pampanga. Castillo carded 42 points as RPV tallied 116 in the Aviator Division. (Photo by BOY LIM)

LL the three teams from Davao City except for Lanang are seeing action in the newest division of the on-going Philippine Airlines Senior Interclub golf tournament at the Mimosa Golf and Country Club in Clark, Pampanga.

Rancho Palos Verdes, Apo and Davao City golf clubs are bunched in the Aviator Division while Lanang is at the Founders division.

As of press time, Rancho Palos made its presence felt by scoring 116 in the opening day.

Team captain Jose Marfori and Modesto “Ting” Castillo both fired 42 points while rookie Martin Sara added 32.

Abe Dizon’s 29 did not count in the four-to play threeto count format.

“We will play again tomorrow with the same players.

Sana tuloy-tuloy na ito,” said the 66-year old Marfori, who birdied the par 3 hole no. 3.

Castillo, who shot 21 in the front nine also had a lone birdie at the par 5 hole no. 5.

Marfori made a good start by scoring 26 points after the first nine holes but slowed down in the back nine.

“Mahirap yung back nine.

Very tricky ang greens,” said Marfori.

Rancho Palos’s other four players are Faisal Samanodi, Archie Moralison, Kang Hobong and Hermie Martin, who

replaced lawyer Manny Ni- People Asia, Travelife, Mareco Broadcasting Network (Crosstorreda.

Davao City led by Second over), Manila Broadcasting District City Councilor Jimmy Corporation, Airbus, Business Dureza tallied 111 points. Du- Mirror and Philippine National reza shot 41 points while Boy Bank.

Other supporters are PhilNapoleon and comebacking Anthony Sasin sizzled with 36 ippine Daily Inquirer, Inquirer. net, Plantation Bay Resort and and 34 points, respectively.

Leonilo Dalut’s 31 did not Spa, Tanduay Distillers, Asia Brewery, Splash Corporation, count.

The other half of the Mati- RFM Corporation, Goldilocks, na-based golfers are Jose Daig- Eastgate Publishing Corpodigan, Ederlino Aceron, Isagani ration, Robinsons Land and Rolls-Royce.

Gascal and Benhur Villarosa.

Apo, on the other hand, tallied 110 from Soc Cadayona (41), Celso Villegas (36) and Candelario Miculob (33). Lucio Horfilla’s 32 did not count.

The other Apo players are Alrey Ceniza, Carlito Dublan, Eugenio Serado and Joe Tesado.

Lanang headed by Bobby Dakudao was still playing as of press time. The other Senior divisions for 55 years old and above are the Championship, Sportswriter, Friendship and International.

A total of 94 teams are entered in the 30th staging of the seniors’ event, prelude to the COMEBACK. Anthony Sasin of Davao City 69th PAL Regular Men’s Golf Club is making his comeback in the onInterclub next week. going Philippine Airlines Interclub Seniors golf The 69th PAL In- tournament at the Mimosa Golf and Country terclub is sponsored by Club in Clark, Pampanga. (POOL PHOTO)